Visual Acoustics February 5, 2010

Visual Acoustics: The Modernism Of Julius Shulman

Part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Film

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, this film explores the monumental career of 97-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman.

Populating his photos with human models and striking landscapes, Shulman combined the organic with the synthetic, melding nature with revolutionary urban design. The resulting images helped to shape the careers of some of the greatest architects of the 20th Century, with Shulman documenting the work of Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Pierre Koening, John Lautner, and many others.

Taking its aesthetic cues from Shulman's own sensual and nuanced photography, the film's narrative is built from a blend of Shulman's own images as well as in-depth interviews with architect Frank Gehry, designer Tom Ford, artist Ed Ruscha, actress Kelly Lynch, writer Mitch Glazer, publisher Benedikt Taschen, Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Dante Spinotti, and a host of others.

Official Website: http://www.juliusshulmanfilm.com/